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Month: January 2017

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The Backyard Devils “Honkytonk Heartbreaker” (Independent, 2016)

January 20, 2017 Peter Churchill 0
Sometimes a new piece of music drops in your lap and even before taking the CD out of the sleeve you have a really good idea of what to expect. Honkytonk Heartbreaker by Canadian band The […]
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Video: Benjamin Folke Thomas “Finn”

January 20, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0
Taken from the new album Copenhagen, due out on March 3rd.
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Ryan Adams releases new song “Doomsday” – Listen

January 19, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
The new album from Mr Adams is not long off now – Pitchfork reports: “On February 17, Ryan Adams will release a new album called Prisoner on Pax Am/Blue Note. Today, he’s shared the third offering from […]
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Tokyo Rosenthal “This Minstrel Life” (Rock and Sock Records, 2017)

January 19, 2017 Muff Fitzgerald 0
How do baseball players stay in touch? They touch base every once in a while! I have to admit I know absolutely diddly about this fabled sport. But I know a man who does. Tokyo Rosenthal, […]
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Greta Gaines “Tumbleweed EP” (Big Air Records, 2017)

January 19, 2017 Muff Fitzgerald 0
Don’t Bogart That Joint will probably be one of her favourite tunes when Greta Gaines is asked to appear on Desert Island Discs; and a vaporiser most likely her luxury object. A lifetime campaigner for the […]

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Dead Goat has announced the release of their first album, which is self-titled and comes out this Friday (26th March) via AV8 Records. Who are they, you ask? Well, individually, they are each accomplished artists in […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

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